PLEASE HELP!!
Read the following excerpt from Joseph Chamberlain's speech,
*The True Conception of Empire, given in 1906:
We began to be, and we ultimately became a great
imperial Power in the eighteenth century, but, during the
greater part of that time, the Colonies were regarded,
not only by us, but by every European Power that
possessed them, as possessions valuable in proportion
to the pecuniary advantage which they brought to the
mother country, which, under that order of ideas, was
not truly a mother at all...
Which phrase from the excerpt most clearly shows an
imperialistic attitude?
A. under that order of ideas
B. not truly a mother at all
C. possessions valuable in proportion
D. we ultimately became